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Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) announced the U.S. Army’s recognition of Specialist (SPC) Ronald Dolecki, a veteran residing in Huntingtown, Maryland,... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Announces Army Recognition of Maryland Veteran Ronald Dolecki with POW Medal

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) alongside Mitt Romney (R-Utah), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Rob Portman (R-Ohio),... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Risch, Menendez, Colleagues Request Removal of Russia from UNHRC Due to War Crimes

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) released the following statement regarding his vote to report the Ethiopia Peace and Stabilization Act (S. 3199) out of the Senate... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement on Ethiopia Peace and Stabilization Act

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), a member of the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committees, released the following statement regarding President Biden’s fiscal... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement on President Biden’s Budget

Today, Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer (Md.-05) and Anthony Brown (Md.-04), Maryland Governor Larry Hogan, and Prince... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin, Hoyer, Brown, Hogan, and Alsobrooks Applaud the Inclusion of Language Providing for the New FBI Headquarters in President Biden’s 2023 Budget

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (all D-Md.) announced $1,277,001 in federal funding for the St. Mary’s County Board of... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin, Hoyer Announce More Than $1.2 Million to Early Childhood Education Programs in St. Mary’s County

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) joined Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) in sending letters to major... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Warnock, Brown Push Banks to Provide Relief to Struggling Americans, Eliminate Overdraft Fees

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, and Kweisi Mfume (all D-Md.) announced that the Bear Creek Sediments site... Continue Reading about Baltimore Congressional Delegation Announces the Addition of Bear Creek Sediments Site in Baltimore County to the Superfund National Priorities List for Environmental Cleanup

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressman David Trone (all D-Md.) announced $100,000 in federal funding from the Appalachian Regional... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin, Trone Announce $200,000 in Funding for Boonsboro Water Distribution System

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (D-Md.) welcomed Hitachi Rail’s announcement that Hagerstown, Maryland will be the site of its new train factory which... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Applaud Hitachi Rail’s Selection of Hagerstown for New U.S. Train Factory that Will Create Over 450 Jobs and Build New Metro Railcars

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) released the following statement on the passing of former Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright: “Madeleine was a trailblazer, a... Continue Reading about Van Hollen Statement on Passing of Madeleine Albright

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) today lauded the Senate’s bipartisan confirmation of Baltimore City Circuit Judge Julie Rubin to be a... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Applaud Senate Confirmation of Judge Julie Rubin for U.S. District Court of Maryland

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) announced key provisions in the final Fiscal Year 2022 appropriations package signed into law by President Joe... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Announce Support for Federal Workers, Agencies in FY22 Funding Package

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (Both D-Md.) announced key provisions in the final Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22) Omnibus Appropriations package signed into law by... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin Highlight Key Programs in FY22 Funding Package to Elevate Holocaust Education, Support Survivors and Protect Houses of Worship from Threats

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), and Bob Casey (D-Pa.) and Representatives Bobby Scott (D-Va.-03), John Sarbanes (D-Md.-03), and Abigail Spangberger... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Cardin, Casey Lead Bicameral Push with House Chesapeake Bay Leaders for USDA to Prioritize Regional Climate Conservation Efforts

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen John Sarbanes, Anthony Brown, and Jamie Raskin (all D-Md.) joined Congressman Don Beyer (D-Va.) in writing to President Biden urging... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Sarbanes, Brown, Raskin Urge President Biden to Consider Airplane Noise Reduction Efforts in Nomination of New FAA Administrator

United States Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) sent a letter to President Biden urging the Administration to designate Temporary Protected Status (TPS)... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Baldwin Urge Biden Administration to Designate Cameroon for Temporary Protected Status

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senators Mark R. Warner (D-Va.) and Ed Markey (D-Mass.) alongside Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) in raising concerns... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Warner, Markey Call To Fairly Evaluate Alzheimer’s Treatments

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), sent a bipartisan letter to President Biden ahead of his trip to Europe next... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Shaheen, Tillis, Senate NATO Observer Group Send Letter to President Biden Ahead of Brussels Trip

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), chairman of the Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health Policy; Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign... Continue Reading about Van Hollen, Risch, Rounds Introduce Somaliland Legislation